Madhya Pradesh's Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on this year's Republic Day, has made an announcement about teaching MBBS and other medical courses in Hindi. As per the information shared by Education Minister Vishwas Sarang, this will be implemented from the next academic session in Bhopal's Gandhi Medical College.
After the implementation of this step, Madhya Pradesh will become the first state to offer MBBS and other medical courses in Hindi.
"Directives have been issued to start the MBBS course in Bhopal's Gandhi Medical College in Hindi from the next session starting within two months. A 14-member committee
headed by Medical Education Director Dr Jiten Shukla has been constituted to prepare the work plan for the MBBS Hindi curriculum," he told PTI.
To make this step successful, officials have done step-by-step preparation and also discussed the matter with subject matter experts in order to get books prepared in Hindi.
"The minister had talked to the subject experts some days ago in order to get books prepared in Hindi for first-year MBBS students in the presence of Atal Bihari Hindi University and Gandhi Medical College functionaries. Lectures will also be delivered in Hindi," a state public relations department official said.